Another Rainy Saturday

Bumbershoot is next weekend at Seattle Center, as it has been for the forty previous Labor Day weekends at Seattle Center. I’ll be writing more about it next week, but there are a few other parties (sanctioned and not) that I should mention. Friday, September 3: EarGuerrilla Candy’s FunOfficial Kick Off Party. Travis Hay from [...]

Paste Magazine loves listicles as much as they love well-meaning singer-songwriters with beards. In the tradition of The Awl’s “Listicle without commentary” series, I present the top 10 listicles from Paste Magazine’s website this week.

The Carousel Festival is this weekend in Seattle and it calls itself  “a true celebration of Northwest DIY community, culture and spirit!” It runs from Friday through Sunday. The full lineup and details are after the jump:

Katy Perry’s newest album Teenage Dream just came out this week. With the top-shelf producers (Max Martin and Dr. Luke producing five songs together) and some very catchy songs, I like it overall. Few pop stars are as easy to dislike as Perry. She was a former Christian singer turned hypersexual poptart, her first big [...]

I don’t often mention club nights here but this one is near and dear to my heart, so it’s warranted. For the past several months, Thursday nights at Havana have been home to Make It Rain, a weekly party that often mixes great DJs and excellent local bands. It was started by my very good friend [...]